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Competitions · Brazil

II Nova Carapina Challenge 2025

Serra, Espírito Santo · 4 October 2025 · 9 events · 37 competitors · 46 personal bests

Arthur Braum Coelho Freitas won three of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Arthur Braum Coelho Freitas by 0.05 seconds. 37 competitors produced 46 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Davi Fonseca Costa took a 2×2 single of 4.15 down to 2.30, 45 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Arthur Braum Coelho Freitas — 3×3, 2×2, Megaminx
0.05s
closest final — 2×2, Arthur Braum Coelho Freitas over Daniel Macedo Araújo dos Santos
46
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Arthur Braum Coelho Freitas8.8710.36
2×2Arthur Braum Coelho Freitas4.044.36
4×4Maysa Santos Cozer39.2544.22
5×5Maysa Santos Cozer1:08.331:15.89
3×3 one-handedMaysa Santos Cozer19.7223.87
MegaminxArthur Braum Coelho Freitas59.731:03.23
PyraminxIsaac Rafael Oliveira Soares6.067.26
SkewbIsaac Rafael Oliveira Soares5.657.58
Square-1Kawã Franklin Rodrigues Ferreira28.9936.22

The PB harvest

46 set · 16 still standing

First-timers

Three people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

37 competitors · 229 results · 9 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Arthur Braum Coelho Freitas won it with a 10.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

  1. 1R' D L' F2 U2 B2 D F2 R2 B2 R U R' B' U' L2 R B
  2. 2L2 D B U R2 B2 U' F2 U2 L2 R' D U B L2 D B2 L
  3. 3R' B U D2 R U' L2 B' R' D' B R2 L2 F' U2 B' U2 F2 D2 R2
  4. 4L F' U2 F2 L2 D R2 D B' D' R' B2 F' L' R' F2 U'
  5. 5F2 U R2 D B2 L2 D' R2 B' D' F' R2 D F' D2 L B F R'

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

37 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.